Today’s Issue Cluster: Oil
US – Q1 Growth May Look Better After Upcoming Statistical Tweaks
Air – China: Lines look inland for outbound opportunities
Tech – Electronic Medical Record Sharing Is Hurt by Business Rivalries
Germany – Jun: GfK consumers remain optimistic; 10.2 from 10.1 / AP
Currencies – Dollar’s Strength Fuels Buyouts Abroad WSJ *
Currencies – Rebounding US dollar crucial for central banks FT *
Currencies – Yuan ‘no longer undervalued’, says IMF FT / WSJ *
Currencies – ECB battles to keep euro under control FT * *
US – Q1 Growth May Look Better After Upcoming Statistical Tweaks wsj *
US – Economic recovery masks tale of many cities FT *
US – Bank Shares Regain Popularity WSJ *
US – Dodd-Frank Senate reform fight ends in stalemate FT
US – Shadow banks push for easing of loan caps FT * *
US – The Low Spark of High-Priced Homes WSJ *
US – New Luxury Rental Projects Add to Rent Squeeze WSJ *
US – An About-Face for McMansions wsj *
US – Lumber Set to Build on Its Rally WSJ *
US – Architecture Billings Index declined in April / cr *
Telecoms – TWC Deal Stirs Debt Concerns WSJ *
Telecoms – Charter to DC: We’re No Comcast WSJ / NYT *
Air – Australia: Local Lines Under Threat WSJ
Air – China: Lines look inland for outbound opportunities R *
Air – Gulf: Flying in the face of convention E / e *
Crops – EU to Revisit Insecticides’ Responsibility for Bee Die-Offs WSJ *
Crops – Ghana delays spark fears over country’s cocoa reliability FT *
Oil – Market buoyed by product demand FT *
Oil – Price slide puts producers under pressure FT * *
Oil – Iraq About to Flood Market in New Front of OPEC Price War B * *
Oil – Shell’s Arctic extraction to take more than a decade FT / FT * *
Oil – Capex cuts at major companies / r *
Oil – Saudis’ Drive To Kill US Shale Has Backfired IBD *
Oil – ‘Cheap crude can hurt economy’ AP
Oil – Cheap prices fail to spark consumer spending boom FT * *
Tech – Electronic Medical Record Sharing Is Hurt by Business Rivalries NYT
Tech – Big Bets on Proton Therapy Face Uncertain Future WSJ *
Tech – Making sense of the science FT * * *
What 9,000 years of breeding has done to crops jk / jk * * *